Incredibly beautiful late summer weather yesterday in southern Wyoming. I thought why head into the Colorado Mountain traffic jam this holiday weekend?
In Wyoming I had a great time with 2 mountains to myself, Jelm and Ring both (6 pointers) it was relatively easy to obtain 4 contacts (VHF) on each despite the remote nature of that area.
First and second pictures are from Jelm Mountain (houses an infrared observatory on top) Third picture shows Jelm Mountain in the background from Ring Mountain summit. Due to SOTA I am visiting places I would never think to!
View of Cameron Peak fire from west of it (W0C/PR-153.)
I may have heard you if you were on 146.52, but I only had rubber duck for antenna. I enjoy activating Ring Mtn, only wish my smartphone worked there.
Peter KD0YOB
Info on Equipment and than I really need to figure out how this whole thing works. Like a step by step kinda guide for the newbe. Step one, log on and post where, when, what freq, Etc. Ive haven’t spent much time looking around the site yet. Thanks.
Hello Ken,
Registering on http://www.pnwsota.org/ will provide some PNW regional information on summits and perhaps an introduction to someone doing SOTA in your area of Idaho.
73, Etienne-K7ATN
Welcome Ken,
Look for SOTA ACTIVATION on youtube. Many different peaks, viewpoints, types of activations.
Will give you a good sense of the variety. And, of course, the SOTA website, “getting started”
Will be listening for you on the air, if you use HF.
